Pompadour. 
coriling to BulFon, is seven inches and a half; 
the bill, ten or eleven lines ; the tarsus, nine or 
ten lines ; the alar extent, above fourteen 
inches ; the tail, two inches and a half, con- 
sisting of twelve quills, and projecting from 
six to eight lines beyond the wings. He ac- 
knowledges, that " the specimen from which 
his description was made, came from Cay- 
enne:" and we incline to suspe<SL, that his ac- 
count was merely compiled from Edwards 
and Brisson. Fie. enumerates, however, two 
varieties of the Pompadour; the Pacapac Gris, 
and the Pacapac Gris-Pourpre ; adding, k 
is probable that these are net the only varieties 
which exist of this species, and that others 
Vv'ill be found among the females of diiierent 
ages." 
We see, perhaps, in this bird, the origin of 
that name by which is now universally dis- 
tinguished the beautiful Pompadour colour. i 
